Tag: Unemployment

Job openings for December. JOLTS report.

No increase in hiring in November

Joseph Lawler · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 326,000, a sign that layoffs are weighing less on the job market and economic growth. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

US weekly unemployment benefit claims drop to 326k

Josh Boak · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sounded positive notes about the U.S. economy Friday morning, saying that the nation is starting off 2014 "strong" and facing "economic tailwinds, not headwinds," thanks to falling unemployment and what appears to be progress on fiscal affairs in Congress. (Mark Wilson/Getty images)

Treasury’s Jack Lew: U.S. boosted by ‘economic tailwinds’

Joseph Lawler · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

VIDEO: Senate Democrats blame Republicans for unemployment insurance impasse

Washington Examiner · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, jobs, and manufacturing, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In North Carolina, Obama hits GOP on jobless benefits

Brian Hughes · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Business Roundtable President John Engler and Randall Stephenson, Roundtable chairman and CEO of AT&T. Photo by Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor.

Washington reporters parrot Obama’s ‘income inequality’ mantra

Paul Bedard · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks to the media before meeting his Cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: On economy, focus is on executive actions

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 14, 2014 5:38 pm

A New York Post report suggests that Census workers faked data used to calculate the unemployment rate.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

The three myths of labor force participation

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., holds a post-vote press conference with reporters Tuesday. Efforts to pass an extension of expired unemployment benefits have stalled, and the clock is ticking down towards recess next week. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Jobless benefits extension stalls again in Senate

David M. Drucker · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the border fence near Naco, Ariz. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Examiner Editorial: A chronic job shortage is no time for immigration amnesty

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Lita Ness, 58, talks about her unemployment status at her home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Ness, who lost her job as a civilian contractor at Peterson Air Force Base in August 2012, just received her final check from the unemployment office. She said "Iâm registered as a Republican, but if they continue to use this not extending our [aid] Iâm probably changing to Democrat." (AP Photo /Ed Andrieski)

GOP constituents also depend on jobless aid

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

A gauge known as the labor force participation rate measures the proportion of working-age adults who either have a job or are looking for one. This rate fell to 63.2 percent last year, its lowest level point since 1978, according to the Labor Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Fewer Americans in the workforce

Washington Examiner · January 13, 2014 5:00 am